The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-07-22
SCENES IN NORWAY.
A PEEP AT THE MOST NORTHERN
FORT ~ THE WORLD
A Nisi; To the Public schools of Nardo.
Pleasant aud Entertaining Exeroises.
MaIodorous Factories for Rendering
whale BIubber into OIL.

| Malodorous Factories for Rendering
whale BIubber into OIL.
Nardo Is the most easterly town I'm Nor
way, located on an island OF the same
name In the Arctic ocean, in latitude 20
degrees 20 minutes SO seconds north II
+ separated from the mainland by a chan
mel two miles wide, and contains p0pu-
latiOn of about , 900 II claims the most
/ northern fort In all the world, which is
/ Carrisoncd by sixteen men and has an
armament Of about an equal number Of
old fashioned cannon, making a man for
/ each gun The keystone Of an arch over
/ the entrance % the rampant bears the date
| w137.n
There being two public schools in the
place. and ! naturally having a curiosity
10 visit seat Of learning whose founda-
, tions were dashed 10y the Arctic wave,
entered the larger Of the two by rear
/ door. for there was no entrance from the
/ street nor no either end / was kindly
and politely salutcd by The teacher, and
ON entering the main room the pupils
arose in "a body and bowed 20 me. 4
/ seat wa given me and a book was placed
/ IN my hand that | might follow the boys
and girls through their reading lesson.
which was characterized in some meas
ure by that d0leful ouuHciati0n SO often
heard in rural schools The girls wore
the inevitable handkerchief about their
heads 4 bit o. 1.-the cane In a corner
represented the pelagogic mace. The
rooms on this day. the sth Of July,
We're heated by coal stoves The school
contained four departments. under a
male principal. and three assistant female
teachers all intelligent and wide awake.
From The principals room | passed %
an adjoining one in charge Of a bright
and ueatly attircd young lady, who re-
qlrcl her pupils % sing for me. and
str9re with graceful tact o. make the cXer-
ci-cs pleasant and ineligible 20 one
totally ignorant ~ the language IL was
almost pt.ful 10 see some OF the girls
Carc-,iu- small tuuche, II puny daude-
lion blossom, that seemed as precious %
them as q victoria rc..a would be tO q
southern maid Others were nursing q
few sprays Of millef1lium in bottles Of
water. and one could only wonder that so
stuutel and sparse flora could heget any
love for flower. no all and yet gerauiums
and roses iu the windows II the better
houses are DOT uncommon Excepting
small aui ummportant one 10 Hammer
fest. This j. the most northern school in
thcworld sui after a pleasant hour there
in departed.
The remainder Of the day I concluded
% spend iu visiting the whale "fabriks;'
that Is. the establishments for rendering
Whale bluhher into oil and Transforming
the kIaug licensed Carcas-csl into artificial
guan0 ] have had occasion already 20
mention several ~ the most northern
things in the world. here 7 discovered the
most powerful stencil 10 All Europe. and
probably u the world, and yet J felt will
iuI 30 brave DO - witness s dissection Ot
lcymthaus Tasrc arc around NarGO four
or five establishments. each having several
steam wlalcrs constantly securing the
seas OF Che coast in pursuit ~ whales
Floating 200 tlc channel before the d.f-
feraut fct.,ic were forty fcnsed care
cas-o-. eo.le swollen n enormous proper
tiuu- Iso large whales. one seyenty-ilve
feet iu LENGTH were drawn ont on the
shore. 0uc with the blubber newly re-
moved. tae other fresh from the
water Several men mounted tho latter
by ladder and clamhered about on
it, smooth slippery skin by means Of
sharp spikes attached 10 the s0les of their
boots. with l,ub1er knives two feet in
lent. iu LONG wooden handles. they made
transverse missions as deep as the blubber
about twelve inches In this case-and
five or six feet long, and then running
tie cut lngtudlually for thirty feet.
blanket of fat was ready for removal
chain was attached 20 the farther end, and
by the power If wlndlass in the factory
this rr.die.ous Slab Of hlubber, weighing
several TONS. was slowly torn from the
care.-- This process was continued til
IL, .Iru~.ug wa- completed. In the fact
orr tlc Uiu0ier is cut into small pieces
for Oh, trying out pots The Hesh Of
the f.u.ci carcass is then cut down into
lars. pieces that are dragged and pitched
with fesh hooks 20 small cars; il is then
taken o. drying furnaces, where II is
rendered frallc When the flesh and
viscem have been removed, the work Of
choypn1 down the finty forest Of bones
IS commenced; the bones are also SUBJ
jectel 90 the drying furnace and when
Iarohcd are ground together with the
flesh into q powder which is harreled and
shipped 90 an parts Of Europe as a fer
tillzcr james Ricalton IN Outing